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án-wuniende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
án-wuniende, part.

Dwelling alonebeing alonesolitarius

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Dwelling alone, being alone; solitarius Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8

ymb-sceáwiendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ymb-sceáwiendlíce, adv.
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Circumspectly Mid ðý hé swá gemetfæstlíce and swá ymbsceáwiendlíce hine sylfne on eallum ðingum beheóld cum ita se modeste et circumspecte in omnibus gereret Bd. 5, 19; S. 937, 5

be-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
be-wuna, adj. indecl.

Wontaccustomed

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Wont, accustomed Swá hié ǽr bewuna wǽron, þonne hié wælstówe geweald áhton, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 116, 32. Hí dydon eall swá hí bewuna wǽron, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 20

Linked entry: -wuna

feón

(v.)
Grammar
feón, p. feah, pl. fǽgon; pp. fegen, fægen

To rejoice

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To rejoice Swá mycle má wé feógað on ðám tóweardan lífe, An. Ox. 1118 note. Þý lǽs on Þ fǽgon Þ ic swá lytle hwíle lifgean móste, Nar. 32, 20

un-líf

(n.)
Grammar
un-líf, es; n.
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Not life, (spiritual) death Ne þearf nánne man tweógian; æfter his deáþe óðrum þissa hé onféhð swá lífe swá unlífe swaðer his gewyrhto bióð and his earnung, Verc. Först. 176

Linked entry: un-lífes

-líce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-líce, adv.
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Add: v. on—líce, swá-líce

ge-lagian

(v.)
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Gif hé his ælmessan rihtlíce ne gelǽste, swá swá hit gelagod sý, 172, 4. Gebéte hé þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is, 181, 8. Heora yldran heom tealdan hú hit was gelagod syððan Sc̃s.

cine-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cine-líc, adj. [cyn fit, suitable]

Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequatecongruus, cornpetens

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Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate; congruus, cornpetens Ðæt we wilnian to heorn fultum be swá manegum mannum swá us cinelíc þince æt swá micelere spræce that we desire aid from them of so many men as may seem to us adequate for so great a

unnan

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Add Hit becwæð sé þe hit áhte . . . swá swá hit his yldran . . . létan and lǽfdan þám tó gewealde þe hý wel úðon, Ll. Th. i. 184, 3

ǽfen-repsung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-repsung, e; f.

Eventide,night-fall

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Eventide,night-fall Hé slép swá hwǽr swá hine seó ǽfenrepsung gemétte he slept wherever night overlook him Hml. S. 236, 154, Sunne heó ðá tó setle áhylde, and ðǽre ǽfenrepsunge geneálæhte, 498

Linked entries: ræpsung ǽfen-hrepsung

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.

Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simpleparatus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplexready, free

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Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simple; paratus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplex He gedyde míne fét swá gerǽde swá swá heorotum qui perfecit pedes meos [celeres] tanquam cervi, Ps. Th. 17, 32.

spadu

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Hé gemétte swá manige wyrhtan, swá manige swá hé hét spadena in weorpan . . . þeófas. . . onféngon þá spada, Gr. D. 201, 19-202, 3. Add

hwearfian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearfian, p. ode

To turnchangeroll aboutrevolvewandermovetoss about

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Swá swá on wǽnes eaxe hwearfiaþ ða hweól as the wheels turn on the axle of a waggon, 39, 7; Fox 220, 32.

Linked entry: hreafigende

a-swarcan

(v.)

To languishconsumetabescere

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To languish, consume; tabescere Á-ýdlian oððe aswarcan oððe acwínan oððe aswindan ðú dydest swá swá ǽtterloppan oððe ryngan sáwle his tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 38, 12

met-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
met-scipe, es; m.

Foodrefection

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Food, refection Habban ða xii heora metscype tógædere, and fédan hig swá swá hig sylfe wyrðe munon, and dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 6

eornoste

(adv.)
Grammar
eornoste, adv.
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Swá hwæt swá hé ǽfre gecwæð bodiende, þeáh þe hé hit ná eorneste (on eornost, v. l.) gecwǽde siquid umquam non jam decernendo, sed minando, diceret, Gr. D. 151, 8. Add

un-ámetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámetgod, adj.
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Unmeasured, not having determined limits Swá swá ná unscapene ne ðrý unámetgode, ac unámetgode sicut non (tres) increati nec tres inmensi, sed (unus increalus el unus) inmensus, Ps. Rdr. 298, 12

Linked entry: á-metgod

scrift-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-bóc, f.
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Swá hwylc swá ðás scriftbóc tilige tó ábrecanne quicunque Confessionale hoc violare conatus fuerit, L. Ecg. P. Addit. ; Th. ii. 238, 8. Ða mæssepreóstas sceolan heora scriftbóc mid rihte tǽcan and lǽran, swá swá hié úre fæderas ǽr démdon, Blickl.

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, e; f.

An ambush,

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An ambush, a place where one lies in wait Hý sǽtiaþ mín and sittaþ swá gearwe swá seó leó déþ tó ðam ðe hé gefón wyle and swá swá his hwelp byþ gehýd æt ðære sǽte susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad praedam, et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis

Linked entry: sǽtere

ge-grípan

Grammar
ge-grípan, <b>; I.</b>
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add: to snatch from Swá swá spearwa gegripen is ( erepta est ) of grine, Ps. Vos. 123, 7. 2. add: Ðá strecan mód Godes ríce gegrípað (rapiunt, Mt. 11, 12), Hml. Th. i. 358, 26